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README (last updated on Feb. 27, 2023)
TITLE	: Does Peacekeeping by Civilians Work? Reducing Armed Violence without Armed Force
JOURNAL	: Japanese Journal of Political Science
AUTHOR	: ASANO, Rui
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- This README file describes .dta files saved in the “Data” folder.
- The .dta files are made in “01_Dataset_Construction.dta” using raw data saved in the “RawData” folder (I can share the RawData folder upon requests).



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01. Conflicts
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UCDP1_id_translation.dta
Data	: UCDP State-Based Conflict translation table
Source	: UCDP Dataset Download Center
URL	: https://ucdp.uu.se/downloads/index.html#idtranslation (Downloaded on Feb. 11, 2020)

UCDP2_war_and_peace_spells(_annual).dta
Data	: UCDP/PRIO Armed Conflict Dataset version 19.1
Source	: UCDP Dataset Download Center
URL	: https://ucdp.uu.se/downloads/index.html#armedconflict (Downloaded on Feb. 11, 2020)

UCDP3_peace_agreements_base.dta -> UCDP_peace_agreements.dta
Data	: UCDP Peace Agreement Dataset version 19.1
Source	: UCDP Dataset Download Center
URL	: https://ucdp.uu.se/downloads/index.html#peaceagreement (Downloaded on Feb. 11, 2020)

UCDP4_actor_conflict_dyad_list.dta
Data	: UCDP Dyadic Dataset version 19.1
Source	: UCDP Dataset Download Center
URL	: https://ucdp.uu.se/downloads/index.html#dyadic (Downloaded on Feb. 16, 2020)

UCDP5_non-state_one-sided_violence_base.dta -> UCDP5_non-state_one-sided_violence.dta
[1]
Data	: UCDP Georeferenced Event Dataset Global version 19.1
Source	: UCDP Dataset Download Center
URL	: https://ucdp.uu.se/downloads/index.html#ged_global (Downloaded on Jun. 3, 2019)
[2]
Data	: UCDP GED Syria version 652.1601.1911
Source	: UCDP Dataset Download Center
URL	: https://ucdp.uu.se/downloads/index.html#ged_syria (Downloaded on Dec. 17, 2019)

Other datasets used just to check:
[1] UCDP Actor List (downloaded from https://ucdp.uu.se/downloads/index.html#actor on Feb. 11, 2020)
[2] UCDP Conflict Termination Dataset version 2-2015 (downloaded from https://ucdp.uu.se/downloads/index.html#termination on Feb. 11, 2020)
[3] Gleditsch & Ward country codes (downloaded from http://ksgleditsch.com/data-4.html on Feb. 20, 2020)

These datasets are merged: UCDP_datasets(_annual).dta.



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02. Peacekeeping
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[1] UNPO1_mission_list.dta
[2] UNPO2_pko_conflict-month(/year).dta
[3] UNPO3_spm_conflict-month(/year).dta
Data: The Basics of UN Peace Operations (BAPO) dataset, version 1 (last updated on Nov. 3, 2022) [Original dataset]

UNPO4_surface_areas_for_adjustment.dta
Data	: Surface area (sq. km)
Source	: World Bank Open Data
URL	: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/AG.SRF.TOTL.K2 (Downloaded on Feb. 11, 2020)

UNPO5_population_for_adjustment.dta
Data	: Population, total
Source	: World Bank Open Data
URL	: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL (Downloaded on Feb. 11, 2020)

[1] UNPO6_financial_resources_base.dta
[2] UNPO6_financial_resources_mission-month.dta
[3] UNPO6_financial_resources_conflict-month(/year).dta
Data: UN Peacekeeping Operations Financial Resources (PKOF) dataset, version 1 (last updated on May 26, 2020) [Original dataset]

[1] UNPO7_personnel_base.dta
[2] UNPO7_personnel_conflict-month(/year).dta
Data: UN Peacekeeping Operations Personnel (PKOP) dataset, version 1 (last updated on Jun. 30, 2020) [Original dataset]

These datasets are merged: UNPO_datasets(_annual).dta.

Other datasets constructed to make figures:
[1] UNPO8_financial_resources_base_map.dta (for Figure 4)
[2] UNPO9_personnel_base_compare.dta (for Figure A7)

Note: The original datasets (BAPO, PKOF, and PKOP) will be uploaded with their codebooks on my website.
At this moment, UNPO1_mission_list.dta / UNPO6_financial_resources_base.dta / UNPO7_personnel_base.dta can be used to describe the number of UN missions / the amount of peacekeeping budgets and expenditures / the number of peacekeepers, as with the original datasets.
Other datasets whose names start from UNPO1 / UNPO6 / UNPO7 can also be used for the analysis at the conflict unit, for example.
The variable labels are only shown in the datasets at the conflict-month unit, so please check the datasets (or do files) when using the datasets without variable labels.



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03. Controls
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Ctrl1_GWccodes_states.dta + Ctrl1_GWccodes_microstates.dta -> Ctrl1_GWccodes.dta
Data / Source / URL / Download date: see above (01. Conflicts).

[1] Ctrl2_surface_areas.dta		: Surface area (sq. km) https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/AG.SRF.TOTL.K2
[2] Ctrl2_oda.dta			: Net official development assistance received (current USD) https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/DT.ODA.ODAT.CD
[3] Ctrl2_military_personnel.dta	: Armed forces personnel, total https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/MS.MIL.TOTL.P1
[4] Ctrl2_military_expenditures.dta	: Military expenditure (current USD) [Note: not used in the analysis] https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/MS.MIL.XPND.CD
[5] Ctrl2_gdp.dta			: GDP (current USD) https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.CD
[6] Ctrl2_population.dta		: Population, total https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL
Data / URL: see the descriptions above.
Source: World Bank Open Data (Downloaded on Feb. 11, 2020)

Ctrl3_V-Dem.dta
Data	: Country-Year V-Dem Core dataset
Source	: V-Dem Project
URL	: https://www.v-dem.net/en/data/data-version-9/ (Downloaded on Mar. 3, 2020)

Ctrl4_MILINDA.dta
Data	: MILINDA Dataset
Source	: Jetschke and Schlipphak. (2020) Conflict Management and Peace Science.
URL	: http://lehrstuhlib.uni-goettingen.de/milinda.html (Downloaded on Feb. 11, 2020)

Other datasets used just to check:
Third-Party Peacekeeping Missions Data Set, 1946-2014, version 3.0/3.1 (downloaded from https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.7910/DVN/P7GYTS on Mar. 6/7, 2020)



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The datasets described in 01.-03. are all merged: Dataset_monthly(annual).dta.
Marginal_effect_of_civilian(military)_interaction.dta are made for Figure C6.
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04. Maps
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gadm36_0(_shp).dta
Data	: World map data
Source	: GADM database, version 3.4, April 2018.
URL	: www.gadm.org (Downloaded on Dec. 31, 2020)



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05. Replication files
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“Blair 2021 APSR” data was downloaded from https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.7910/DVN/NRRVJ3 (on Nov. 25, 2020).



